Postdoctoral Research Associate on Field Crops Research in Agronomy and Crop Science Agroscope in Switzerland

The University of Queensland is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Crop Quantitative Genetics based at the St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia , within the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) . The role sits in the UQ-led ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding for Agricultural Futures and focuses on improving genomic prediction and quantitative genetics methods for soybean and other crop traits. The research will involve analysis of large, multidimensi...

PhD opportunity at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy focused on legume ecosystem services and weed flora in agricultural systems. The project is linked to the VALERECO and SOILRES projects and examines how including legume crops in a cereal-based rotation affects ecosystem services, soil biological quality, and spontaneous flora/weed communities. The research combines field sampling , soil and crop measurements , weed flora data analysis , and work across project partners. The selected P...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science and Predictive Modelling for Potato Production Systems at Agroscope in Nyon, Switzerland (80%). This postdoctoral opening focuses on data science , machine learning , statistics , and predictive modelling for agriculture. The successful candidate will develop models to predict virus infection risk in Swiss seed potato production and to model potato dormancy and sprouting under different storage conditions. The work combines agronomic, climatic, physiologic...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Extension , focused on small grain breeding and wheat breeding for subarctic environments . The project emphasizes genetics , genomic analyses , GWAS , genotype × environment interactions , multi-location field phenotyping, and germplasm evaluation. This is a strong fit for students interested in plant breeding, agronomy, and quantitative crop improvement. Applicants should hold an...

Agroscope is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in metabolites of pesticides in groundwater at its Wädenswil workplace in Switzerland . The project focuses on processing monitoring data on pesticide metabolites in groundwater, combining these data with approved application rates and sales figures for the relevant active ingredients, and compiling Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PEC) for metabolites detected in monitoring. The role also includes characterizing land use in grou...